Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, 22 August 1952
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A CAA employee in Umiat, Alaska, reported a yellowish-greenish flame on a parabolic path on August 22, 1952. A nearby Geological Survey team reported hearing a sound like distant thunder, leading to an official classification of the event as a possible meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding an aerial sighting on August 22, 1952. A CAA employee stationed at Umiat, Alaska, reported observing a yellowish-greenish flame traveling on a parabolic course from the northwest to the southeast. The object was estimated to be between 25 and 30 degrees above the eastern horizon. The witness initially reported no noise, but the object appeared to disintegrate. A US Geological Survey team, located at 69 degrees 35 minutes north and 147 degrees 45 minutes west, reported hearing a sound described as 'like distant thunder' at approximately the same time as the sighting. The report was transmitted via teletype to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB and the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB, Colorado. The official conclusion recorded on the project card suggests the phenomenon was 'Possibly astronomical (METEOR)'. Aerial reconnaissance was initiated following the report.
YELLOWISH GREENISH FLAME ON PARABOLIC COURSE NW TO SE. APPEARED TO BE 25 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE EAST HORIZON. NO NOISE. APPEARED TO DISINTEGRATE
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Official Assessment
Possibly astronomical (METEOR)
The sighting was reported by a CAA employee at Umiat, Alaska, as a yellowish-greenish flame on a parabolic course. A US Geological Survey team in the vicinity reported a noise like distant thunder at approximately the same time.